Statistics

Entry requirements

Our minimum requirement is a 2.1 degree in statistics, mathematics, engineering or physics.

All candidates must demonstrate a minimum level of English language proficiency for admission to the College.

For admission to this course, you must achieve the standard College requirement in the appropriate English language qualification. For details of the minimum grades required to achieve this requirement, please see the English language requirements for postgraduate applicants.

Months of entry

September

Course content

Statistical ideas, tools and methods are used in almost all employment sectors, including banking and finance, government, medical research, the pharmaceutical industry and internet companies.

This one-year, full-time programme provides outstanding training in both theoretical and applied statistics. The variety of elective modules to choose from, allows you to develop your specialist interests, providing depth and exposure to a diverse range of statistical applications and methods.

Streams

We offer six streams on our MSc in Statistics programme. On the application, applicants must first select the programme MSc in Statistics. Then they will be prompted to select their preferred stream.

• MSc Statistics (General)
• MSc Statistics (Applied Statistics)
• MSc Statistics (Biostatistics)
• MSc Statistics (Data Science)
• MSc Statistics (Statistical Finance)
• MSc Statistics (Methods and Theory)

The formal qualification received will include the name of the specialist stream and therefore can be used to indicate to employers or future research supervisors what they have specialised in during their MSc. For example: MSc Statistics (Applied Statistics).

As a limited number of places exist for each specialist stream, unsuccessful applications for these streams will automatically be considered for the general MSc in Statistics.

Our MSc in Statistics is accredited by the Royal Statistical Society.